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· 12/27/2006

United States v. Cleo Patterson

Citations

  • 472 F.3d 767
  • 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 31864
  • 2006 WL 3791293

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that observation of a traffic violation provides reasonable suspicion for a traffic stop
  • “[T]here is clear precedent in this circuit that, under Booker’s advisory regime, a district court may make Sentencing Guidelines calculations using facts found by the judge.”
  • “[T]here is clear precedent in this circuit that, under Booker ’ as advisory regime, a district court may make Sentencing Guidelines calculations using facts found by the judge.”
  • trooper returned to driver's vehicle to retrieve registration five minutes after initial stop
  • a traffic stop of 13 minutes for the officer to ask the driver and the passenger about their travel plans, explain speeding infraction, check license and registration, fill out citation, and check for warrants was reasonable in duration

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Judges: Kelly, Lucero, Tymkovich

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